fianaiseach

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Irish

Etymology

From fianaise (“witness; presence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fianaiseach (genitive singular masculine fianaisigh, genitive singular feminine fianaisí, plural fianaiseacha, comparative fianaisí)

  1. evidential, bearing witness
  2. present

Declension

Declension of fianaiseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fianaiseach fhianaiseach fianaiseacha;
fhianaiseacha2
vocative fhianaisigh fianaiseacha
genitive fianaisí fianaiseacha fianaiseach
dative fianaiseach;
fhianaiseach1 		fhianaiseach;
fhianaisigh (archaic) 		fianaiseacha;
fhianaiseacha2
Comparative níos fianaisí
Superlative is fianaisí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of fianaiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
fianaiseach fhianaiseach bhfianaiseach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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